careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
drama; play; powerful drug
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
all sorts of; all kinds of
announcing meals (at a Zen monastery); meal announcer; noh mask resembling a young attendant who announces mealtimes in a Zen monastery
(festivity) page; baby; child; (arch.) boys kept by pederasts
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
depravity; corruption; degradation
to backfire; to have a harmful result
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
(of a woman) strong-minded; spirited; mannish
tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
study; research; investigation
war; fighting; fierce competition
danger; peril; hazard; risk
pressure; oppression; suppression
fetus; foetus; embryo; unborn child
hormone; cows' or pigs' offal (entrails)